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Darwin’s Life, Adapted in Poems by His Great-Great-Granddaughter
Darwin’s Life, Adapted in Poems by His Great-Great-Granddaughter

“He is the most transparent man I ever saw and most affectionate.”

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Intuition Pumps: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Dignity of Being Wrong and Art-Science of Making Fertile Mistakes
Intuition Pumps: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Dignity of Being Wrong and Art-Science of Making Fertile Mistakes

“The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them — especially not from yourself.”

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Your Cousin, the Blade of Grass: Brian Cox on the Wonders of Life
Your Cousin, the Blade of Grass: Brian Cox on the Wonders of Life

“Deeper understanding confers that most precious thing — wonder.”

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Gorgeous Black-and-White Vintage Photos of Early NASA Facilities
Gorgeous Black-and-White Vintage Photos of Early NASA Facilities

From the wind tunnels the made commercial aviation possible to the analog machines that preceded the computer, a visual history of the spirit of innovation presently unworthy of the government’s dollar.

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Heinz Haber, Disney’s Chief Scientist, Explains the Atom in 1957
Heinz Haber, Disney’s Chief Scientist, Explains the Atom in 1957

What Aristotle, Aladdin, and Captain Nemo teach us about the promise of nuclear energy.

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Space for Equality: NASA Joins the <em>It Gets Better</em> Project
Space for Equality: NASA Joins the It Gets Better Project

“It’s becoming the new normal — you’re being defined by your character and not by whom you love.”

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Uncommon Genius: Stephen Jay Gould on Why Dot-Connecting Is the Key to Creativity
Uncommon Genius: Stephen Jay Gould on Why Dot-Connecting Is the Key to Creativity

“The trick to creativity, if there is a single useful thing to say about it, is to identify your own peculiar talent and then to settle down to work with it for a good long time.”

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How Creativity in Humor, Art, and Science Works: Arthur Koestler’s Theory of Bisociation
How Creativity in Humor, Art, and Science Works: Arthur Koestler’s Theory of Bisociation

“The discoveries of yesterday are the truisms of tomorrow, because we can add to our knowledge but cannot subtract from it.”

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Wild Ones: What an Obscure Endangered Butterfly Teaches Us About Parenthood and Being Human
Wild Ones: What an Obscure Endangered Butterfly Teaches Us About Parenthood and Being Human

“Maybe you have to believe in the value of everything to believe in the value of anything.”

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Darwin’s Daily Routine
Darwin’s Daily Routine

“Darwin made a point of replying to every letter he received, even those from obvious fools or cranks.”

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